AUSTRALIAN soldiers found this bottle of Asahi beer at Milne Bay, New Guinea, after defeating the Japanese in one of the great battles of World War II. The Australians were the first to brake the invincibility of the Japanese army… Read More ›
beer bottles
Innamincka’s heritage listed ‘dead marines’
By MICK ROBERTS © NOT many countries can claim to have a ‘pub dump’ – made-up of rum, whisky, gin, brandy and beer bottles – with a government heritage listing. Australia can. At Innamincka, a small settlement 821km north-east of… Read More ›
Sydney’s early ‘growlers’ were a little expensive compared to tap beer
BUYING beer in schooners and middies in Sydney hotels and then bottling it yourself is an expensive way of buying it, although not illegal, provided you pour the beer into the bottle yourself. To the right is a bottle containing… Read More ›
Empties ma’am?
“Any empty beer bottles, ma’am?” “Do I look as if I drink beer?” “Any empty vinegar bottles?”
